Trade careers winning; are our kids hosed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this rat race and kids like ours will struggle getting jobs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/31/labor-market-gap-trade-workers-white-collar/

How are you this dumb?

[Anonymous]

There’s been a national shortage of non-computer based jobs for years.

I think it’s wonderful that trades will (hopefully) have a renaissance due to AI and the ability to command higher incomes.

Already, many Gen Z and Millennials are electively leaving 9-5s for the flexibility that being independent (albeit largely still computer based) work allows to be more present parents, spouses, and polymaths pursuing passion interests and taking care of themselves.

Hoping nursing, teaching, and other roles - including mental health professionals - will too.

AI mostly scares me, but this will be a silver lining. This will be a difficult transition for the next 10 years, for sure, but we and our kids will adapt.

[Anonymous]

PP here, this was supposed to say:

Hoping nursing, teaching, and other roles - including mental health professionals - also have a renaissance, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids like ours can still get trade jobs if they want.

New level of cluelessness unlocked. Congrats.

Sounds like you are clueless. Be prepared to support your child through its senior years. You enabled their degree in a field with limited prospects. And you are the one with the inflated opinion of your kids being to good to be a carpenter, mechanic, HVAC tech. Bet you can't or even ever taught your DC to change a tire.

The only reason there are limited prospects is because this administration is killing off all sorts of white collar industries while also alienating our allies from hiring Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s been a national shortage of non-computer based jobs for years.

I think it’s wonderful that trades will (hopefully) have a renaissance due to AI and the ability to command higher incomes.

Already, many Gen Z and Millennials are electively leaving 9-5s for the flexibility that being independent (albeit largely still computer based) work allows to be more present parents, spouses, and polymaths pursuing passion interests and taking care of themselves.

Hoping nursing, teaching, and other roles - including mental health professionals - will too.

AI mostly scares me, but this will be a silver lining. This will be a difficult transition for the next 10 years, for sure, but we and our kids will adapt.

None of these pay enough to be able to afford housing, health insurance, food etc.